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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Montana]] > Montana Vital Records'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Montana]] > Montana Vital Records'' | ||
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== Montana Birth, Marriage and Death Records == | == Montana Birth, Marriage and Death Records == | ||
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=== State Records of Births and Deaths === | === State Records of Births and Deaths === | ||
Statewide registration of vital statistics began in [[Montana]] in 1907 and was generally complied with by 1920. Delayed registrations of births are included in the indexes maintained by the state office.<br> | Statewide registration of vital statistics began in [[Montana]] in 1907 and was generally complied with by 1920. Delayed registrations of births are included in the indexes maintained by the state office.<br> | ||
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=== Montana Vital Records === | === Montana Vital Records === | ||
All of the records are available to relatives by writing to: <br> | All of the records are available to relatives by writing to: <br> | ||
Office of Vital Statistics <br>Department of Public Health and Human Services <br>111 N Sanders, Room 209 <br>PO BOX 4210 <br>Helena MT 59604 <br>Telephone: 1-888-877-1946<br>Fax: 1-866-696-1912<br>[http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/ Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services] | Office of Vital Statistics <br>Department of Public Health and Human Services <br>111 N Sanders, Room 209 <br>PO BOX 4210 <br>Helena MT 59604 <br>Telephone: 1-888-877-1946<br>Fax: 1-866-696-1912<br>[http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/ Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services] | ||
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[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609797 Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950] | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609797 Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950] | ||
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Montana couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Kootenai County, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho]].<ref name="Eakle1"><span>&lt;span&gt;Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at &lt;a href="<a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/</a>"&gt;<a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/</a>&lt;/a&gt; (accessed 8 January 2011).&lt;/span&gt;</span></ref> | *'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Montana couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Kootenai County, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho]].<ref name="Eakle1">&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at &amp;lt;a href="&lt;a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/"&gt;http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/"&gt;http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (accessed 8 January 2011).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;</ref> | ||
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; ">Divorce Records</span> | |||
== Death Records == | == Death Records == | ||
The Montana State Genealogical Society maintains the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm Montana State Death Registry Index, Pre-1954 1954-2002] online at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm Death Records.] Scroll to the bottom of the page to link to the time period you want to search. This database covers over 650 thousand records reported to the State from the 1800s through 2002.<br> | The Montana State Genealogical Society maintains the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm Montana State Death Registry Index, Pre-1954 1954-2002] online at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm Death Records.] Scroll to the bottom of the page to link to the time period you want to search. This database covers over 650 thousand records reported to the State from the 1800s through 2002.<br> | ||
== Substitute Records == | == Substitute Records == | ||
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=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||
More information about the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to the Public Vital Statistics in Montana'' <ref>(Bozeman, Montana: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library {{FHL|197151|title-id|disp=book 978.6 V2h; film 1036403 item 7; fiche 6046712}}). </ref> | More information about the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to the Public Vital Statistics in Montana'' <ref>(Bozeman, Montana: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library {{FHL|197151|title-id|disp=book 978.6 V2h; film 1036403 item 7; fiche 6046712}}). </ref> | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{Montana|Montana}} <references /> | {{Montana|Montana}} <references /> | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records Collections<br> === | === FamilySearch Historical Records Collections<br> === | ||
Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org]. | Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org]. | ||
Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: | Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: | ||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Montana,_Cascade_County_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Montana, Cascade County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Montana,_Cascade_County_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Montana, Cascade County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | ||
[[Montana County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Montana County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||